The Science of Secrecy

Name: The Science of Secrecy
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2000
Rating: 8.2

★ 8.2 20 votes 2000–2000 1 seasons · 5 episodes Ended

Documentary

Rate this series

Ratings per Episode

Votes per Episode

The Science of Secrecy Episode Ratings Heatmap

	Avg		E1	E2	E3	E4	E5
S1	8.7		8.8		8.6

Download Infographic

The full episode-rating heatmap as a shareable image.

Landscape · Light Landscape · Dark Portrait · Light Portrait · Dark

About

Host Simon Singh examines the secretive history behind the development and evolution of ciphers and code breaking. Thestories in the series range from the cipher that sealed the fate of Mary, Queen of Scots, to the coded Zimmermann Telegram that changed the course of the First World War. Codebreakers: The Science of Secrecy brings to life the hidden history of codes and code breaking. Since the birth of writing, there has also been the need for secrecy. The story of codes is the story of the intellects who used mathematics, linguistics, machines, gut instinct, logic and detective work to encrypt and break these secrect messages and the effect their work has had on history.

All Seasons

▼

Season 12000

8.71751h 36m

	Ep	Title	Rating	Votes	Runtime
▶	1	The Babington Plot	8.8	9	24 min
▶	2	Cracking the Hieroglyphic Code	—	—	—
▶	3	Le Chiffre Indechiffabrle: The Uncrackable Code	8.6	8	24 min
▶	4	The Zimmermann Telegram	—	—	24 min
▶	5	Going Public	—	—	24 min